Poultry house construction . Fig. 4.—Cross section and end elevation of colony house used at Government PoultryFarm, Beltsville, Md. Capacity, 25 hens. POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 7 width. It is one of the easiest styles to construct. It allows ahigh front to the house, and furnishes a northern slope for the roofon which roofing paper will last longer than on a roof which facesthe south. The combination and semimonitor roofs are adapted forbuildings from 16 to 24 feet wide, While either of these styles, or themonitor and the gable roof, may be used for wider buildings. Thecombination roof on a
Poultry house construction . Fig. 4.—Cross section and end elevation of colony house used at Government PoultryFarm, Beltsville, Md. Capacity, 25 hens. POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 7 width. It is one of the easiest styles to construct. It allows ahigh front to the house, and furnishes a northern slope for the roofon which roofing paper will last longer than on a roof which facesthe south. The combination and semimonitor roofs are adapted forbuildings from 16 to 24 feet wide, While either of these styles, or themonitor and the gable roof, may be used for wider buildings. Thecombination roof on a house over 16 feet wide gives the best headroom at the least cost, reduces the amount of surplus air space, andgives a neat appearance to the buildings; while the semimonitor andmonitor types are best for wide houses which have a central alley,particularly brooder houses. The semimonitor house usually facessouth, while the monitor type of roof is frequently used on buildings. FIG. 5.—Types of roofs for poultry houses. A, shed; B, combination; C, gable; D, monitor; E, semi-monitor; F, A-shaped. facing east or west. The gable roof is used extensively for two-storybuildings, for brooder houses, and for incubator cellars. This styleof roof is usually ceiled at or slightly above tjie eaves, or the gablemay be filled with straw or some kind of absorbent material, whichtends to keep such houses dry and warm. The A-shaped roof isused for growing coops and colony houses #^hich, with a wall 18inches high, provides a large amount of floor space with a minimumamount of lumber, but increases the roof surface, which is the mostexpensive part of the house. A large amount of glass in the front of the house makes it warmduring the day and cold at night, as glass radiates heat very muslin, or a light weight of duck cloth, is used for cur-tains in the fronts of poultry houses. This cloth should be thinenough to allow a slow circulation of air without a d
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